JOURNAL OF SPORTS PHILATELY VOLUME 46 WINTER 2007 NUMBER 2 The 1928 Amsterdam Olympic Games: The Color Proofs In Private Hands The 1928 Olympic football stamp, shown on this Amsterdam Olympic postal stationery card, was one of four stamps whose color proofs escaped into private hands. TABLE OF CONTENTS President's Message Mark Maestrone 1 1928 Amsterdam Olympic Games: The Color Proofs in Private Hands Laurentz Jonker 3 Cricket & Philately: The Ashes – An Australian Perspective, 1946 - Present (Part 1) Peter Street 8 Sailing Toward Qingdao Mark Maestrone 15 “The Stratton Story” and the New Jimmy Stewart Stamp Norman Rushefsky 18 The Heartaches and Joys of Exhibiting Cora Collins 20 Russian Women’s B-Ball Team Qualifies For Beijing Mark Maestrone 22 Al Oerter, An Olympic Journey (1936-2007) Mark Maestrone 24 Donuts & Sports Norman Rushefsky 26 Curling: A Journey Through Canadian Philately Kon Sokolyk 28 Reviews of Periodicals Mark Maestrone 31 SPI Annual Financial Statement Andrew Urushima 32 News of Our Members Margaret Jones 33 New Stamp Issues John La Porta 34 Commemorative Stamp Cancels Mark Maestrone 35 1928 AMSTERDAM SPORTS PHILATELISTS INTERNATIONAL OLYMPIC GAMES President: Mark C. Maestrone, 2824 Curie Place, San Diego, CA 92122 Vice-President: Charles V. 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SPI and JSP do not guarantee advertisements, but accept copy in good faith, reserving the right to reject Vol. 46, No. 2 objectionable material. Winter 2007 American Philatelic Society (APS) Affiliate #39 ISSN 0447-953X U.S. Chapter, Fédération Internationale de Philatélie Olympique (FIPO) PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE by Mark Maestrone Where Should We Go In 2009? ‘net. For this we need a new web design and a new webmaster to manage it. The designer and web- In an effort to reach as many members as master need not necessarily be one and the same. possible, SPI tries to move its biennial convention While SPI has a very limited budget, we could around the country. This year, of course, we were in afford to splurge a bit by paying for a designer. A our nation’s capital. Two years ago, Dallas, Texas professional web design firm is out of the question, played host to our group. Back in 2003 we “magi- but how about the talented son or daughter of an cally” appeared in Los Angeles where members SPI member wishing to earn a little extra pocket spent an evening at the famous Magic Castle. money for school? We’ve just received word that our application to Please contact me ([email protected]) if you hold our 2011 convention at WESTPEX in San Fran- have any suggestions or would like to help. cisco has been accepted – but where should we go in 2009? OLYMPEX 2008 The suggestion has been made that we consider SESCAL in Los Angeles as 2009 will mark the 25th Word recently arrived from the head of FIPO, anniversary of the 1984 Los Angeles Olympic Maurizio Tecardi, informing me that an OLYMPEX Games. The SESCAL committee has extended an world exhibition of Olympic and sport philately is enthusiastic invitation. That would, however, mean planned for Beijing which will coincide with the we would have consecutive conventions on the Olympic Games next year. 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Box 456 Foxboro, MA 02035 1-508-384-6157 FAX 1-508-384-3130 E-mail: [email protected] 2 Winter 2007 Journal of Sports Philately 1928 Amsterdam Olympic Games: The Color Proofs in Private Hands by Laurentz Jonker catalogs, I came to the following conclusion: only color proofs by Ludwig Oswald Wenckebach fell into ne could easily write a book about the private hands. Most likely what happened is that development of the Netherlands Olympic Wenckebach simply forgot to return the color proofs stamps of 1928 discussing such topics as after examining them. The fact that his signature O design, typography, and the different appears on the small sheets confirms my hypothesis. printing processes used to produce the stamps. There exist in the hands of various collectors, The essays are of particular interest and were dealers, or auction houses a total of 44 color proofs produced for a wide variety of sports. Unadopted divided in two groups: subjects included swimming, diving, weightlifting, cycling, tennis, and even skating. Group A: Four collective color proof sheets in which The post office settled on essays for eight stamps every value appears twice: 2 x 30c boxer, 2 x 10c which were equally divided between two engravers: runner, 2 x 7½c shot putter and 2 x 3c football player. Fokko Mees would produced essays for the 1½c, 2c, Each of the four sheets is in a different color. In total 5c and 15c values while Ludwig Oswald Wencke- there are 32 color proofs (four sheets of eight sub- bach would work on the 3c, 7½c, 10c and 30c values. jects each). These sheets measure 200 x 120 mm. Both designers produced their essays using wood cuts. The General Secretary of the Dutch Post & Group B: Two color proof sheets of six of the same Telegraph, Mr. J.F. van Royen, had the final say over value. In this group there are a total of twelve color all aspects of this issue; in the end he decided to proofs (two sheets of six subjects each). Sheet size substitute a shot putter for the javelin thrower. is 235 x 130 mm. The 3c football player is in the Each artist had his own distinctive style. Clichés issued shade of green. were made from the wood cut essays. A variety of proofs in different colors were produced before final selection. All the wood cut essays and their color proofs remained in the archives of the printer, Enschedé & Sons and in the Dutch Museum of Com- munication.